Graham v. Hawkins

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree establishing a boundary line between the parties who are coterminous owners of city lots in Gadsden. The line established by the trial court was one based upon the adverse possession of appellees and their predecessors in title.

The basic' question presented is whether the adverse possession of appellees’ predecessors can be tacked to that of appellees.

In 1923, T. A. Stringer owned Lot 10 and other lots in Block 18 of the Kyle Addition. On February 19, 1927, he sold adjoining property and the west half of Lot 10 to Ethel Rutenburg. There was a…